The alleged leader of Lulzsec, the notoriously noisy hacker group of 2011, has been arrested in Australia. For those of us who value a gadfly it is sad news that the noose has tightened on Aush0k. On the plus side it meant more news agencies pausing to explain what 'the lulz' meant.

A tale of two 3D printed objects this week, and both come with the caveat of 'no-one really knows if they're useful, or just another crapject'. JC Karich has printed a set of headphones which require magnets and some loose wire to “work”. And notorious 3D printed gun enthusiasts Defense Distributed say that their first gun “capable of firing multiple rounds before melting” will be ready soon. The pushback against this project is fascinating, with IndieGoGo intervening to halt their crowdfunding campaign and Stratasys 3D printers cancelling their lease with the company once they learned of Defense distibuted plans.

Facebook have teamed up with the leading big data consumer companies to merge loyalty card data with facebook profiles to create a monstrous data shadow hybrid. Of course, noone really cares because the very fact that Facebook is doing this is further anecdotal proof that there are sweet FA young users left on the platform.

“I sat in a dark room with a liquid culture of bioluminescent bacteria. As I watched them they formed these complex and dynamic glyphs as if they were trying to communicate with me.” Enter the world of Simon Park's bacterial bioart if you're around London docks this weekend.

Games Dev Tycoon is a simulation game in the fine tradition of Rollercoaster Tycoon (except with games in lieu of theme parks). The creators of the game are equal turns jaded and brilliant in their release strategy. They leaked a torrent version alongside the legit release with one crucial distinction: when players of a (real) pirated copy reached a certain stage it became impossible to avoid bankruptcy due to (simmulated) piracy

In an accelerated replay of what happened with Kinect, hackers quickly jailbroke the werable computing headsets. Then Google Glass PR follows up with a “we always wanted you guys to hack it, go nuts!” statement.